Question follow-through · 49097

General Practitioners: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase capacity for training new GPs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
7 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase capacity for training new GPs.

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 May 2025

    Answer published

    We are committed to training thousands more general practitioners and will ensure that there is sufficient capacity in the National Health Service to deliver this.To reform the NHS and make it fit for the future, we have launched a 10-Year Health Plan as ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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